Datang: Hiding private money, exposed by Xiao Sizi

Chapter 584 I have to say! Do your own thing!
"So, don't think that you can't completely deal with them now... If you were given the same amount of time, I believe you would have destroyed the Beidou Society long ago!"

"So, don't be anxious, take your time, we have plenty of time."

Shen Lian knew that Li Shimin was just trying to comfort him.

He chuckled and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I won't get myself into a dead end."

"The Beidou Society won't be able to enjoy its freedom for much longer."

Li Shimin smiled and nodded. He admired Shen Lian's confidence.

Li Shimin looked at Shen Lian and said, "It seems that the purpose of your trip to Nanzhao this time has been successfully completed."

Shen Lian nodded slightly.

He said: "It can't be said to be a complete success. Although the Beidou Society's base was destroyed, it did not cause any real damage to the Beidou Society."

Li Shimin said: "For the Beidou Society, a well-managed base is far more important than a few subordinates. After all, without this base, he will lose money, power and a steady stream of intelligence."

"So, you said that it didn't cause serious damage to Beidou Society, but I think that Beidou Society must be very distressed now."

Shen Lian smiled and said, "Your Majesty is very good at comforting people."

Li Shimin rolled his eyes at Shen Lian and said, "I am speaking from the heart."

Shen Lian felt warm in his heart.

He felt that he was lucky to be born in the era of Li Shimin.

Because there is no emperor in this world who is more enlightened than Li Shimin.

The prosperous Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty was a time-travelling and tolerant era, the most comfortable time for him.

Because of the openness and tolerance here, some places are even more outstanding than later generations.

Li Shimin looked at Shen Lian and said, "Don't be too busy working hard after you come back. The Dali Temple has Chu Suiliang. I think he is quite capable. With him here, he can also relieve some of the pressure for you."

"You should take a rest first to relieve your fatigue."

Shen Lian laughed and said, "Your Majesty, you are still advising your subjects to be lazy. Is this appropriate?"

Li Shimin said calmly: "Of course I won't say these things to other ministers. I give them salaries. If they dare to be lazy or just sit there doing nothing, I will never forgive them."

"But you are different. You are my son-in-law. We are a family. I have watched you grow up since you were a child. Naturally, I treat you differently from others."

Li Shiming made no secret of his special feelings for Shen Lian.

Shen Lian deserves special treatment.

Shen Lian took a deep breath, and then said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for pampering me."

Li Shimin smiled and said, "I am also a human being, so naturally I have different feelings for my loved ones."

He looked at Shen Lian and said, "I heard that you met Tian Quan, the most mysterious person in Beidou Society, in Nanzhao?"

Shen Lian's eyes flashed.

He said: "Your Majesty, do you have spies in Nanzhao?"

Li Shimin did not hide it, he said: "I can't leave Chang'an easily, but I have to control the situation in the world and not be deceived by others. Naturally, I need some special methods."

Although this statement did not directly answer Shen Lian's question.

But it was also a direct reply to Shen Lian.

He does have spies in Nanzhao.

And there was a complete intelligence network, which enabled Li Shimin to know some things about Nanzhao.

Shen Lian's eyes flickered, and he said to Li Shimin, "Your Majesty specifically asked about Tian Quan. Does this mean that... Your Majesty also knows Tian Quan's identity?"

When Li Shimin saw Shen Lian looking at him with a questioning look, he suddenly laughed.

He said: "If I tell you that I really thought your father was dead at first, and I was sad for a long time, would you believe it?"

"I believe."

Shen Lian nodded.

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment: "Do you trust me so much?"

Of course Shen Lian didn't trust Li Shimin that much.

Li Shimin obviously knew that Tianquan was his father, but he had been hiding it from him.

I didn’t tell myself until I met my father.

It was obvious that he had made an agreement with his father and deliberately kept it from him. How could he trust Li Shimin?
However, Shen Lian came to this conclusion based on reasonable inference.

When his father faked his death, Beidou would definitely pay special attention to it and even use various methods to investigate.

If Li Shimin knew that his father was not dead, and he showed the wrong details, he might be discovered by Beidou!

Shen Lian had no doubt that Beichen possessed this ability.

Therefore, in order to really hide the secret from Beichen, Dad would not let Li Shimin know immediately.

Therefore, it is highly likely... Beichen was almost certain that his father had really met with an accident, so his father secretly contacted Li Shimin and told him the truth.

Then this king and his minister deceived the world and have kept it secret until now.

Shen Lian looked at Li Shimin and asked, "Your Majesty, do you know what my father is doing now?"

Li Shimin shook his head and said, "At that time, I really thought your father was dead. I was very sad for a while. After all, at that time, my foundation was still shallow, and there were not many people I could trust, and even fewer people were willing to die for me."

"Therefore, I personally ordered people to bury your father's body with honor, and began to take care of you, wanting to raise you up in your father's place."

“Originally, there was nothing wrong with this.”

"But suddenly one day, your father showed up. At that time, I almost thought that your father had faked his death."

"Later, your father explained to me that he had an enemy, and a very powerful enemy. The time I was attacked, it was his enemy who did it."

"If he hadn't faked his death, there would be a lot of trouble in the future, and not only would I be in danger, you, as his only descendant and relative, would be in even greater danger."

"So he had to fake his own death."

Shen Lian nodded.

These things are consistent with what my father said.

Shen Lian could also understand.

Indeed, with the power of Beichen and Beidou Society, there would be some danger when Li Shimin had not yet firmly sat on the throne.

Li Shimin continued, "I understand you and I trust your father. After all, your father has always been by my side protecting me since he was very young. For this reason, I agreed to your father's fake death."

"Your father said that his enemies are very cunning and powerful. He can't show up easily and must hide for a while."

"So, your father entrusted you to me, but he didn't let me take you to the palace to take care of you. He told me to secretly send someone to protect you. As long as you don't get hurt, he said that as for the rest, you can grow up naturally."

"I thought you were too young at the time. It was too cruel to leave you, a child, alone in that empty house."

"But your father said that is the best outcome. If I let everyone know that I am too good to you, then your father's enemies will think that you have the opportunity to threaten him in the future because of me. By then, you may be in greater danger!"

"Only if you stand up alone, as if no one cares about you, will you feel safe and make him feel that you are not a big threat. He can also use your situation to determine whether your father is really dead or just pretending to be dead."

"After repeated consideration, I finally accepted your father's request. I think your father knows you best and cares about you more than I do. But since he said so, there must be a reason why he must do this."

Shen Lian now understood.

How could a five or six-year-old child have no one to adopt and take care of him? Logically speaking, my father was a shadow guard at the time, and he had many brothers who lived and died with him.

There is no one left to help him take care of the orphans.

Now it seems that it was all Dad’s decision!

But he didn't blame his father.

If Li Shimin really took him to the palace, the environment there would be so depressing and dull, just like entering a cage, and Shen Lian would not be able to bear it.

Li Shimin said: "After that, I never saw your father again, but we did have contact occasionally."

"His code name is Tianquan. In fact, your father has secretly passed on some intelligence about the Beidou Society to me. However, at that time, your father did not explicitly mention the name of the Beidou Society. He just called it 'that force'. So until you solved the Beidou Society and the Beidou Society appeared with a code name, I realized that the force you were talking about was the Beidou Society."

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Li Shimin no longer hid anything from Shen Lian.

He told the whole story.

After he finished speaking, he looked at Shen Lian and said, "Before you set out for Nanzhao, I was a little worried. After all, Nanzhao is not the Tang Dynasty. What if you encounter danger there? So I contacted your father through secret channels."

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"Then your father told me that he would also go to Nanzhao and help you if necessary, so I was completely relieved and let you go."

Shen Lian took a deep breath.

He looked at Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, aren't you angry? My father faked his own death without consulting Your Majesty in advance. Later, although my father passed on some news, some dangerous news was not passed on in time, causing Your Majesty to almost be in danger."

Li Shimin smiled and shook his head: "You were able to force your father to fake his death before he could escape. How could I not understand your father's situation?"

"I didn't expect him to pass on any information to me, but he did pass on information many times, and he also helped me resolve dangers several times. This is already very good."

"Not to mention……"

Li Shimin looked at Shen Lian with tenderness and said, "In the fifteen years before this, your father risked his life to save me at least five times. Just for this reason, I will never blame your father."

"Not to mention, we have you as our son-in-law here."

"We are a family from now on. I will not blame him anymore."

Li Shimin was a sentimental person.

You can see some of it in history books.

Apart from the Xuanwu Gate Incident, which he had to take action on, Li Shimin was really affectionate towards his other relatives.

For example, his son Li Chengqian, according to historical records, rebelled and conspired for treason.

If it were any other emperor, he would have killed his relative for the sake of justice and was done with it.

But what about Li Shimin?
He just exiled Li Chengqian.

It just severed the father-son relationship.

But he did not kill Li Chengqian.

You have to know that this was the era of imperial power, and treason was the greatest crime in the world.

Not to mention, the person who plotted rebellion was a close relative of Li Shimin.

Li Shimin had ten thousand reasons to kill Li Chengqian.

But in the end, Li Shimin only used one reason to save Li Chengqian.

The child does not teach, the father too.

He is also responsible for Li Chengqian's mistakes.

Therefore, Li Chengqian was able to live out his life.

Li Shimin was such a person. In many cases, he was a wise, majestic and indifferent king, but in some cases, he was a man who valued friendship and loyalty.

Therefore, if someone else said what Li Shimin said, Shen Lian might not believe it.

But if Li Shimin said it, Shen Lian would believe it.

Shen Lian looked at Li Shimin and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for forgiving my father."

Li Shimin smiled and waved his hand: "You and your son are both meritorious officials of our Tang Dynasty. Even if you do something similar in the future, I will not blame you."

"I will never discard the donkey after it has done its work, or put away the bow after the bird is gone."

Shen Lian smiled and said, "I will never do something like this, because in this world..."

Shen Lian raised his chin slightly, and said calmly: "No one will have the chance to force me to that extent."

His words were full of confidence, even arrogance.

But Li Shimin didn't think Shen Lian was conceited.

Just as he was thinking about it, he felt that Shen Lian's words were being too modest.

With Shen Lian's talent and ability that are as powerful as a demon, he is the only one who can force others. Who can force him?
Li Shimin smiled and said, "Next, are you going to return to your position as Lord of the Tang Dynasty and continue solving cases?"

Shen Lian said: "Of course, the Lord of the Tang Dynasty is my main identity. His Majesty trusts me, and the people trust me, so I have to do this job well."

"But I also found some things in Nanzhao."

"I need to verify these things one by one, so I will also investigate some things about Beidou Society and Beidou Temple in my free time."

Li Shimin nodded slightly: "Do whatever you want to do, I will always support you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Li Shimin smiled even more. He looked at Shen Lian and asked, "Boy, do you still remember what you promised me before you left?"

Shen Lian was so smart that as soon as Li Shimin said this, he understood what Li Shimin meant.

He nodded and said, "Of course, I said that when I return from Nanzhao, I will formally marry Her Royal Highness the Princess."

Since he arrived in Chang'an, Changle was the only one who never hesitated or questioned anything Shen Lian asked her to do, no matter how dangerous it was.

Shen Lian cannot let Li Shimin down with this relationship.

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction: "You are still a human being and you didn't play dumb with me."

Shen Lian smiled bitterly and said, "Does your majesty have such a bad image of me?"

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Yes, well, let's not talk about this. When are you going to marry my daughter?"

Shen Lian said: "I will follow your majesty's orders."

Dad is not here, and Mom hasn't found any clues yet.

Li Shimin was the only elder, so it was reasonable to let Li Shimin make the decision.

Li Shimin naturally thought of these.

He said, "I will ask the Ministry of Rites to calculate an auspicious date. You just need to focus on your own work. Leave the wedding to me."

Shen Lian felt warm in his heart, and he said with a smile, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

He said, "I will ask the Ministry of Rites to calculate an auspicious date. You just need to focus on your own work. Leave the wedding to me."

Shen Lian felt warm in his heart, and he said with a smile, "Thank you, Your Majesty."